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Bulky goods on vehicles: Death driving around Vietnam streets (photos)

Bulky goods on vehicles: Death driving around Vietnam streets (photos)

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 15:05 GMT+7

Tuoi Tre (Yotuh) newspaper reporters have detected many cases of vehicles carrying bulky goods on the street, which potentially causes dangers to travelers.

Those kinds of oversized cargoes have recently made headlines in Vietnam after a nine-year-old boy and a woman in Hanoi died having their necks cut by steel sheets carried on the street.

The steel sheets were transported on a cyclo and a cart towed by a motorbike, respectively, in the two cases. Both of the accidents happened last week.

Arguments have erupted after the incidents, with many saying that the Vietnamese laws on the transport of such bulky items have yet to be well enforced.

Chở hàng hóa cồng kềnh, nhìn mà lo sợ

A tricycle carries king-size plastic and metal tubes on a Hanoi street. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Chở hàng hóa cồng kềnh, nhìn mà lo sợ

An accident scene on National Highway 1 shows a motorbike driver dying on the spot after hitting a truck carrying steel sheets. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Chở hàng hóa cồng kềnh, nhìn mà lo sợ

A tricycle carries eight drums tied with ropes on Hoa Binh Street, District 11, Ho Chi Minh City, on September 23, 2016. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Chở hàng hóa cồng kềnh, nhìn mà lo sợ

A motorbike carries long steel sheets on Nguyen Van Linh Street in the southern city of Can Tho on September 24, 2016. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Chở hàng hóa cồng kềnh, nhìn mà lo sợ

Two men ride a motorbike while pulling a cart with big wooden sticks on Dien Bien Phu Street, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Chở hàng hóa cồng kềnh, nhìn mà lo sợ

A man rides his motorbike with one hand, as his other hand is holding a long iron stick on 3-2 Street, Can Tho City, on September 24, 2016. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Chở hàng hóa cồng kềnh, nhìn mà lo sợ

It is definitely hard to ensure anyone’s safety with this. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Chở hàng hóa cồng kềnh, nhìn mà lo sợ

A driver in Da Nang has to stand up on his self-designed motorbike as his goods are too high for him to watch the road. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Chở hàng hóa cồng kềnh, nhìn mà lo sợ

Big water pipes are carried on a Da Nang street. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Chở hàng hóa cồng kềnh, nhìn mà lo sợ

A motorbike with two bunches of ‘weapons’ on Hanoi’s La Thanh Street. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Chở hàng hóa cồng kềnh, nhìn mà lo sợ

A cyclo rider holds steel sheets while the vehicle is traveling down the Truong Tien Bridge in the central city of Hue. Photo: Tuoi Tre

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